Attachment for vapor-burning stoves



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N WA. A. WAY, ATTACHMENT FOR VAPOR BURNING STOVES. No. 575,017. A lPawn-,ed Jan. 12, 1897.

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'WILLIAM A. VAY, OF IO'WA FALLS, IOVA.

ATTACHMENT FOR VAPOR-BURNING STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,017', dated January 12, 1897.

Application tiled January 9, 1896. Serial No. 574,925. (No model.)

To all wiz/0m it may concern.-

Beit known that IJVILLIAM AWVAY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Iowa Falls, in the county of Hardin and State of Iowa, have invented an Attachment for Vapor-Burning Stoves, of which the following is a speciiication.

My object is to provide an attachment adapted to be advantageously used for cooking in one' vessel over a single burner and also adapted for cooking in two distinct vessels at the same time over one burne rand I accomplish the results contemplated as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a top View of the two separable parts of the device. Fig. 2 is a top View of the under part adapted to be placed flat upon the top of a stove in such a manner that a iiange aro und an opening will project through anopening in the stove to surround a burner. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the end portions of the two separable parts and shows an opening in the end of the upper adjustable and removable part adapting the com-Y plete attachment to serve as a flue in directing the products of combustion from the burner through the attachment when two distinct vessels are placed upon the attachment and the top opening therein c losed by the vessels. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section of a stove and the attachment in position thereon as required for practical use.

The letter A designates a vapor-burning stove, and A2 a burner.

B represents the under part and main portion of the attachment, and consists of a fiat plate having an upturned flange B2 and a single circular opening B3 near one end and a flange B4, extending downward from the opening to inclose the burner A2 for the purpose of directing the products of combustion into the attachment.

A frame or rack composed of parallel side pieces C and cross-pieces C2, fixed thereto, is fitted in a track composed of parallel bearings CB, ixed on top of the plate B to serve as supports upon which the flat bottoms of products of combustion can pass under and around vessels placed upon the sliding frame and fixed bearings.

D represents the upper part of the complete device, and consists of a metal plate that has two openings D2 and a downward-projecting continuous ange D3, that will rest upon the flat top of the part A to produce a chamber corresponding with the dimensions of the part D, that may be closed by means of vessels or cooking utensils placed in or over the openings in its top, so that the products of combustion will be confined as they pass through the chamber toward the opening D4 in the end of the adjustable and removable upper part of the attachment.

In the practical use of my invention, when placed upon a stove for cooking in two vessels at the same time, I slide the rack or frame C over the opening that admits the heat from the burner, as directed by the iiange B4, and place the flat bottom of a vessel thereon, so that the heat will circulate under and around the vessel, and also place a second vessel on the fixed bearings that secure the sliding frame to the under part A. The vessels practically close the openings in the top of the part D, so that the heat is confined under and around the vessels as it is directed from the burner through the attachment.

It is obvious when only one vessel is used it can be suspended in the opening of the upper part D immediately over the burner, or fitted in the'opening so as to allow it to rest upon the sliding frame O when that frame is required to support the vessel close to the burner. It is also obvious that when a large vessel is placed in or over the opening in the upperpart D immediately over the burner, to be suspended by said upper part and to close the opening, a smaller vessel can be placed in the second opening in the part D, and supported upon the rack C so as to allow the products of combustion to circulate under and around it, and thus utilize the device for simultaneously cooking two kinds "of food in two vessels differing in size and adapted for cooking different quantities in the respective vessels. Itis also obvious that t'wo vessels of uniform diameter from top to bottom may be placed through the openings of the top part D and practically close them, at the same IOO time be retained in elevated positions relative to the under part B by means of the sliding frame C and its iixed bearings in suoli a manner that the products of combustion will be confined below the upper part D and lower part 13, as required to circulate heat under and around both vessels advantageously as the current nieves from the burner at one end oi' the closed chamber toward the opening D'l in its other end in the upper part l).

I claim as my invention- An attachment for vapor-burning stoves consisting of a iiat plate or under part having an openin g at one end portion and a flange around the opening to project down through an opening in the top of a stove to inelose a burner, Iixed bearings for a sliding frame at the other end portion and a sliding frame fitted in said bearings', and a movable upper part having a downward-projecting flange around its edge, two openings, for vessels, in its top and an opening in one end for the escape of products of combustion, to operate in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

VILLIAM A. VAY. lVitnesses:

II. C. MILLER, Guo. A. COURTNEY. 

